Ms. codex. Foliation: Paper, 194; [i], 5-7, 12-190, 192-199, 201-202, [203]; Coptic foliation in black and red ink, upper left recto. Catchwords on versos, lower left corner. Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, plus headline, in black and red ink with marginalia. One line added at foot of f. 114r; 2 lines added at foot of f. 141r. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; partly vocalized. Decoration: Rubrications in red. Diagram in black and red ink (f. 31); a few leaves have decorative elements in black and red ink. Binding: Binding: Full brown blind-tooled leather; ms. paper used as binder's waste at beginning and end of volume; white paper label with typed shelf-mark on spine. Spine damaged at head and tail; boards worn, especially at edges; cuts in upper board; boards and a few leaves at beginning and end of volume detached from textblock. Origin: Item is undated, probably eighteenth century. An owner's note is dated 1241 (1826) (f. [i]). Folios 1-4, 8-11, 191, 200, and one or two leaves at the end are wanting. Folio [i] torn vertically across lower portion of leaf; f. 160 torn and mended at tail margin; a few ink smudges in text. Presented to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning by Dr. Cyrus Adler (bookplate with 2 ms. shelf marks, 1 in pencil, 1 in ink, front pastedown).
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